Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonising residents and staff members in a nursing home in Northern Italy

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 182-184

  Monaco, M ^a   Bombana, E ^b   Trezzi, L ^c   Regattin, L ^d   Brusaferro, S ^d   Pantosti, A ^a   Goglio, A ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^c ASL Provincia di Bergamo   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DISK DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NURSING HOME; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER STATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 69749083894     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.06.026     Document Type: Letter

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